This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects …-level research, and case studies) supports the view that trade openness contributes greatly to growth. Moreover, trade openness does … not have systematic effects on the poor beyond its effect on overall growth. Trade policy is only one of many determinants …

China's sectoral trade composition, product quality mix, and import content of processing exports have all changed … substantially during the past decade. This has rendered trade elasticities estimated using aggregate data highly unstable, with more …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between trade and total factor productivity (TFP) in South Africa. It … uses (i) a time series approach where trade is defined in terms of aggregate outcomes, i.e., as the share of imports plus … exports in GDP, and (ii) a cross sectional approach, where trade is defined in terms of trade policy, i.e., as actual trade …

This paper studies the structure and evolution of trade protection in the Middle East and North African (MENA ….8. The paper also develops an overall index of trade protection and finds that tariff levels, their dispersion, and nontariff …

of trade to estimate a panel cointegrating relationship between real exchange rates and a set of fundamentals for a …-based real exchange rate and commodity terms of trade. The estimated impact of productivity growth differentials between traded …

This paper provides an overview of trade reform in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) since 1996 and … a quantitative assessment of potential effects on trade patterns and tariff revenue of the current reform agenda …. Despite evidence of significant trade complementarities within WAEMU, implementation of the union's current trade regime still …